{"id":10241,"date":"2014-07-14T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T18:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10241"},"modified":"2014-07-14T14:01:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T18:01:05","slug":"radio-australia-facing-serious-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/radio-australia-facing-serious-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Australia facing serious cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ABC-Radio-Australia\"<\/a>One of my favorite broadcasters, Radio Australia<\/a>, is facing severe cuts as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s international broadcasting budget of\u00a0$35 million is being cut in\u00a0more than half.<\/p>\n

Below, I’ve copied excerpts from two news sources\u00a0with links.<\/p>\n

I will post updates with the tag: RA Cuts<\/a><\/p>\n

(Source: The Australian<\/a> via Richard Cuff)<\/p>\n

THE ABC will confirm a wave of job cuts today, with Radio Australia\u2019s services the first major victim.<\/p>\n

A management proposal for a new \u201cconverged service\u201d for its international broadcasting outlets will be outlined to staff today as the ABC rearranges its overseas obligations after the axing of the Australia Network television service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Source: International Business Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

It is a sad day for the mainstream radio industry in Australia on Monday, July 14, as Radio Australia anticipates major job cuts. However, this fact-of-life among employees of being axed during hard times could be an opportunity for broadcasters to try new platforms to continue with their careers.<\/p>\n

The job cuts at Australia Network television service is part of its management’s proposal for a new converged services for the network’s international broadcasting outlets.<\/p>\n

Speculations on the jobs to be shed has created fear among Radio Australia workers and Australia Network as the employees anticipate a number of its services within the region abandoned with the planned reduction of the public broadcaster’s $35 million yearly budget for international broadcasting to shrink to just $15 million.<\/p>\n

To worsen matter for the affected radio staff, the job cuts would be on top of redundancies at Australia Network and shutter of the transmission in September after finishing only one year of its 10-year agreement with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.<\/p>\n

Also expected to get the axe are Radio Australia’s language service, while ABC News 24 will remain the foundation of the international service with some specialised news and current affairs content on the service.<\/p>\n

[Continue reading at the International Business Times<\/a>\u00a0website.]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite broadcasters, Radio Australia, is facing severe cuts as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s international broadcasting budget of\u00a0$35 million is being cut in\u00a0more than half. Below, I’ve copied excerpts from two news sources\u00a0with links. I will post updates with the tag: RA Cuts (Source: The Australian via Richard Cuff) THE ABC will confirm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3,43,1],"tags":[2924,2742,3114,368,1920],"class_list":["post-10241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-uncategorized","tag-abc-cuts","tag-australian-broadcasting-corporation","tag-ra-cuts","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-cuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2Fb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10285,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/abc-radio-staff-memo-outlines-cuts-to-external-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":10241,"position":0},"title":"ABC Radio staff memo outlines cuts to external service","author":"Thomas","date":"July 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Jonathan Marks, who has posted a letter by Michael Mason (Acting Director of ABC Radio) to the staff of ABC. 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